Expiration Definition

ĕkspə-rāshən
noun
A breathing out, as of air from the lungs.
Webster's New World
Something breathed out.
Webster's New World
Death.
American Heritage Medicine
A coming to an end; close.
Webster's New World
A sound, etc. made by breathing out.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Expiration

Noun

Singular:
expiration
Plural:
expirations

Origin of Expiration

  • From Middle French expiration, from Latin exspīrātiōnem, accusative singular of exspīrātiō.

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Expiration Sentence Examples

  • A lease terminates at the expiration of the prescribed term.

  • The expiration of his legatine commission of 114 4 deprived him of much of his power.

  • At the expiration of this period the president assumed dictatorial powers and remained in office as chief of the executive.

  • In no case might land acquired under this scheme be let to natives until after the expiration of ten years.

  • At the expiration of the three years the Spanish governor refused the use of New Orleans as a place of deposit, and contrary to the treaty named no other port in its place.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXP

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NONION

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